Item Nos. 1043-1062, 1870/1871

Containers:
Box 4, Folder 4
Scope and content:

Topics include:

Politics: Items 1043-1046, 1048, 1051-1058, 1061-1062 (Republican slate for election; jailing of election officials in southern West Virginia by "rebels" [item 1048]; Pierpont requests a position; more "disabilities;" a position as consul requested; a bank application for Mason County with list of stockholders; request for reparations for government service; Congress, and state politics)

Family and Friends: Items 1047, 1059-1060 (description of the Far East by a naval officer aboard the USS Alaska [item 1047]; Van Winkle illness; life after Congress [item 1060])

Law/Business: Items 1049, 1052 (railroads in West Virginia; WTW bank account)

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Parent restrictions:

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